Teaching mathematical modelling through project work: Experinces from an in-service course for upper secondary teachers

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Teaching mathematical modelling through project work : Experinces from an in-service course for upper secondary teachers. / Blomhøj, Morten; Kjeldsen, Tinne Hoff.

In: ZDM - Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2006, p. 163-177.

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Harvard

Blomhøj, M & Kjeldsen, TH 2006, 'Teaching mathematical modelling through project work: Experinces from an in-service course for upper secondary teachers', ZDM - Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 163-177.

APA

Blomhøj, M., & Kjeldsen, T. H. (2006). Teaching mathematical modelling through project work: Experinces from an in-service course for upper secondary teachers. ZDM - Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik, 38(2), 163-177.

Vancouver

Blomhøj M, Kjeldsen TH. Teaching mathematical modelling through project work: Experinces from an in-service course for upper secondary teachers. ZDM - Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik. 2006;38(2):163-177.

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Blomhøj, Morten ; Kjeldsen, Tinne Hoff. / Teaching mathematical modelling through project work : Experinces from an in-service course for upper secondary teachers. In: ZDM - Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik. 2006 ; Vol. 38, No. 2. pp. 163-177.

Bibtex

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